Walden Pond
Americannoun
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His mother, who introduced him at age 5 to Walden Pond, was an abolitionist who ran a station on the Underground Railroad, for which he would act as a conductor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
Our teachers took us to Plymouth Rock, Bunker Hill, Walden Pond, Salem, and most novel for a group of teenage Manhattanites, a real-life mall, the kind we saw only on television.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
After living on both coasts, he moved back to New England to a rural spot one town over from Walden Pond.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2023
Henry David Thoreau lived alone for two years in a tiny shack he built overlooking Walden Pond.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
Mrs. Henry made us read portions of Walden Pond, and afterward I’d had fantasies of going to a private garden where T. Ray would never find me.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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